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OIL SEAL Filed Aug. 8, 1933 3 Sheets-Sheet 3 Patented June 18, 1935 UNITED STATES PAT ENT' OFFICE OIL SEAL Edwin T. Lorig, Gary, Ind., assignor to American Sheet and Tin Plate Company, a corporation of New Jersey Application August 8, 1933, Serial No. 684,286

1 Claim. (01. 286-11) This invention relates to oil seals for all types is cheap and easy to manufacture and one which of moving surfaces wherein it is desired to mainis extremely durable in service. tain a perfect seal against the escape of oil or A furtherobject is the provision of a novel oth r l brica t fr bearings, et construction of the class described which does not In a great many instances, the escape of lubrirequire inspection or adjustment. I 5

cant from bearings works many hardships in ad- These and still further objects will be apparent dition to the evils of extravagance and the soilafter referring to the drawings, in which:

ing of machinery and adjacent surroundings. Figure 1 is a fragmentary elevation of a 4-high This is particularly true of sheet metal working reduction mill. l0 mills. Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of the deviceof In continuous strip units of the 4-high cold the invention as used on the backing-up rolls of reduction type, for instance, the lubricant for the the 4-high mill of Figure 1.

journals of the various roll necks must be per- Figure 3 is'a fragmentary view on the line fectly restrained from flowing out onto the bodies, III]II of Figure 2. or working surfaces, of the rolls, otherwise con- Figure 4 is a sectional elevation of the device siderable difficulty will arise from oily deposits of the invention as slightly modified for use on 15 on the material being processed. If the material the smaller ,metal working rolls of the mill of is to be annealed, the oil coating will form light Figure 1. carbon deposits which can be removed only by Figure 5 is a fragmentary view on the line resorting to very troublesome operations. If V-V of Figure 4. 20 pickling is to follow the metal working operation, Referring more particularly to the drawings, the deposits of oil are likewise difficult to remove. the letters A designate a pair of large backing- The roll bodiesof 4-high'cold reduction strip up rolls, 'such as are commonly used in 4-high mills must be kept at a constant temperature in mills. A pair of smaller metal working rolls B order to prevent uneven expansion. If this is are disposed intermediate the backing-up rolls 25 not done many variances will be evident in the A and in contact therewith. The backing-up product. This difliculty is partially overcome by rolls A haveends, or necks A, of reduced dispraying a liquid coolant directly onto the bodies ameter that are journaled in bearings which are of the various rolls. Even if the coolant employed disposed within bearing blocks A while the metal is in the nature of a lubricant, it is still entirely working rolls B have similar portions B, of re- 30 unfit to commingle with the lubricant for the roll duced diameter, that are journaled in bearings neck journals. Under the foregoing circumwhich are disposed within bearing blocks B stances, it is obvious that a perfect seal must be i In accordance with the teaching of the invenmaintained between the coolant for the roll bodies tion, a plurality of concentric rings 2 are arand the lubricant for the roll neck journals, if ranged with their successive inner and outer operations of commercially successful proportions edges in contact and welded, as at 3, in order to 35 are to be obtained. The rolls of mills of the type form a bellows of the well known sylphon type described are frequently held against the matehaving an enlarged central aperture. A cylinrial under pressures up to as high as five million drical sleeve 4 is welded to the inner edge of 4.0 pounds on each screw of the roll-adjusting mechone of the end rings of the bellows, as at 5, and anism. Such pressures often cause the deformacarries an integral circular flange 6. A similar tion of the bodies of the rolls, resulting in the cylindrical sleeve 7 is welded to the inner edge eccentric movement of the sides thereof. It will of the other of the end plates of the bellows, be readily appreciated that extreme difliculty is as at 8, and carries a similar integral circular experienced in maintaining a perfect seal under flange 9. The circular flange 6 is provided with these circumstances. a gasket l0 and secured to the bearing block One object of the present invention is the pro- A in any suitable manner, as by means of capvision of means for effecting a perfect seal for screws l2.

' roll neck journals, resulting in the ability to The novel sealing ring for the ends of the efliciently lubricate the roll necks while simulbacking-up rolls A is shown at M and is prefertaneously enabling theperfect maintenance of a ably formed of micarta which is a composiconstant temperature of the roll bodies by the tion of a fabric and a phenolic condensation use of a foreign coolant. product. The sealing ring l4 may be manufac- Another object is to provide a novel oil seal tured in any suitable way as, for instance, by aswhich will function perfectly under all conditions, sembling laminations of fabric and bakelite and heat treating the combination under pressure to form a hard, compact, and coherent mass.

A plurality of continuous grooves M are provided in the contact face of the sealing ring H for entrapping any substances which progress beyond its initial contact area, in addition to which they serve to retain lubricating media. Suitable apertures having countersunk openings, as at M are provided for enabling the ring to be attached. A gasket I5 is disposed between the sealing ring I4 and the circular flange 9 and suitable bolts and nuts I 6 and II, respectively, are employed to maintain the ring in position.

Referring to Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, a construction is disclosed for use on the smaller metal working rolls B, and is similar except as to size and the provision of a slightly modified sealing ring.

The modifiedsealing ring I8 is itself substantially smaller and is provided with considerably fewer grooves, as at W.

The rolls of the 4-high mill of Figure l are preferably cooled by a suitable liquid, usually composed, for the most part, of water. When the novel devices of the invention are first installed, the grooves H and l8 of the various sealing rings will receive a small quantity of the coolant, largely water, which will be retained to serve as an ideal lubricating medium. The device of the invention will be resiliently held in contact with the adjacent side of the body of the roll, irrespective of its eccentric movement, caused by deformation under high screw-pressure.

It is to be understood that my invention is not limited to use on a 4-high cold reduction strip mill, as it may be very successfully employed on numerous types of rotary elements, and while I have shown and described several specific embodiments of certain details of construction I do not wish to be limited thereto, since various modifications may be made without departing from the scope of my invention, as defined in the following claim.

I claim:

In a rolling mill employing rolls which are supplied with different lubricants on their respective body and neck-end portions, the combination of a seal for preventing the intermingling of said lubricants, saidseal comprising a resilient bellows having a central aperture through which the neck-end of the roll is adapted to extend, means for securing one end of said bellows to the bearing block of the mill, and a sealing ring secured to the outer end of said bellows and adapted to be resiliently held in contact with the adjacent side of the body of said roll irrespective of eccentric movement thereof, said sealing ring being composed of a'fabric and a phenolic condensation product and having a plurality of annular grooves in its contact surface, whereby any lubricant tending to flow from the body of said roll to the neck-end thereof is entrapped and likewise any lubricant tending to flow out from the neck-end of said roll is entrapped, said entrapped lubricants serving to increase the sealing eflfect of said sealing ring.

EDWIN T. LORIG. 

